The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) was once a common falcon in Kazakhstan and neighboring countries. Today the Saker Falcon is included in the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan and has the status of "EN (Endangered)" on the IUCN Red List. According to literature sources, the total population of the species in Kazakhstan as of 1990 was about of 4808–5628 breeding pairs, herewith the Saker Falcon population was estimated at 1882–2179 as of 2010 (Karyakin et al., 2015). It should be noted that since 2000 the Government of Kazakhstan officially established quotas for limited capture of Saker Falcons from nature, which were later canceled. Currently, the Government of Kazakhstan does not keep a comprehensive record of the Saker Falcon population in the country and does not have objective data on its numbers
